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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

A to Z Wednesday

Go to your stack of books and find one whose title starts with the letter of the week.Post:1~ a photo of the book2~ title and synopsis3~ link(amazon, barnes and noble etc.)4~ Come back here and leave your link in the commentsBe sure to visit other participants to see what book they have posted and leave them a comment.(We all love comments, don't we?)Who knows? You may find your next "favorite" book.

THIS WEEKS LETTER IS: JJoan of Arc - Mark Twain

Synopsis

When JOAN OF ARC was first published in Harper's magazine in 1895, the reading public did not recognize Mark Twain behind it. It is ostensibly a translation of Sieur Louis deConte's memoirs, the one person who was with Joan during the three important stages of her life: as a visionary village peasant, as a military genius and as the defendant at her trial. The narrator, quiet, retiring and sentimental, is quite unlike the true author.

Twain was fascinated by Joan. He spent 12 years in research and made many attempts before finally getting the story right. He wanted to laud Joan for her unique role in history. He was able to do so after studying contemporary accounts written by both sides, the French and the English.

This is my husbands book. Believe it or not I don't have a "J" book in my library.

I don't have 3000 books lol. That was just part of the Thursday meme question. Least I think that's where you're getting the number from. I have approx 400-500 most of which are mine, but my husband has some mixed in too.

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